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   connate

   /ˈkɒneɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of ideas or principles) existing in a person or thing from birth; innate: "are our ethical values connate?"
   • 2. (of parts) united so as to form a single part.
   • 3. (of water) trapped in sedimentary rock during its deposition.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from late Latin connatus, past participle of connasci, from con- ‘together’ + nasci ‘be born’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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